How does patsy palmer afford to live in Malibu??

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I’m intrigued how she can afford to live in Malibu.

any ideas?

One of my friends gave me Patsy’s autobiography to read. I really enjoyed it!
Very humble beginnings, she too had her struggles with early fame with drinking and drugs, so I don’t think she was tucking away her salary in the early days.
Her husband now was a London cabbie.
She did build on her success when she settled down a bit, with her tanning line, fitness videos etc.
She seems to be very well connected in the US. She’s friends with Cindy Crawford, amongst others.
I have absolutely no idea how she’s funded it all but good luck to her. She’s done a fantastic job over the years on EE.

Not the point of the post but used to love sticking Patsy Palmers club workout VHS tape on and doing some exercise.

She was in Grange Hill at 13 so been working all her teenage years as well.
Her eldest went to same primary school as my nieces so she was still living in the Hoxton back in the 90s

There seems to be some idea that interest rates have always been around 4%. They haven't.

If 1985 is 50 years ago that makes me 60 - and I am definitely NOT 60!! (Find it hard enough accepting that I'm 50 😫)

Patsy was a drug addict back then too. Luckily she didn't get to Daniella's stage though.

Most people confusing "being rich" with "spending money".
The trick is to make money and not spend it.
In other words, live like a poor person while you stash it away.
Most people don't want to do this - they see the whole purpose of being well off as being able to spend it, to have a "lifestyle". If you are not spending it, what is the point?

Not talking about PP, as I don't know her history, but as others have said here, once you get a few grand to start, you invest and don't spend.
Continue doing that for several decades, and then you can afford to start spending during the second half of your life.

I'm adding to this wierd thread to just say she came into a ward I worked on on in the 90s to see the children and was AMAZING. We had many famous people come up who seemed to be just there for photo ops but she just came alone, properly played with he children for ages and was so lovely to the staff .I'm glad she's done well.

I'm sure she said on BB that she had a successful dog kennel business too, so probably looked after all the celeb's dogs.

She left the UK! No longer paying UK taxes on earnings … fled like many more continue to do.

She was married to him for about a week

What’s your guess OP?

This thread is weird. Other people's money is a private matter. We can probably be confident that she didn't make LA lifestyle money from Eastenders. But there's plenty of other ways she might have as this thread indicates. I doubt we will ever know, and I really don't mind that.

For those of you flummoxed how someone can turn a £100k salary back in the 90's into millions today, clearly aren't familiar with the London property market. Good for her I say but intrigued what the OP is getting at as she clearly has an opinion on this!

Not an uncommon example:

What do they get paid on eastenders? I wonder if they publish the salaries like they do with other BBC jobs

This is such an odd thread. Why are you obsessed with what a celebrity with does with their money?

Good on her.

She was of an age and stage to have bought at just the right time in London. Prices dropped in the early to mid 90s, and lots of people did very well from getting their first property then. Eastenders would've paid a decent salary, and also we're talking about someone who had a regular acting role as a teenager.

Basically, I can see how someone with an interest and skill at property plus the ability to earn early could've managed to leverage the fortunate timing she had.

Eh? She was an addict for decades by her own admission.

Her son is a top model

Looks like she's a good example of some addicts being more functional than others.

I don’t follow her closely but she has always come across as someone that keeps her personal life personal, but she’s a public figure. People like that could be doing very well for themselves (or not) but clearly she is doing well. We don’t know how, but she has had plenty of opportunities throughout her life to make wise money choices and she also seems like she has the social circle too.

I think, good for her.

Fair play to the woman. It seems like she has grafted hard and it's paid off, good for her. I know some people think she comes across as grumpy or moody but I think it's just that she can't be bothered with all the fakeness so many celebrities buy into - I feel she only seems grumpy by comparison. If she was working in my local Tesco or on the school run she wouldn't really stand out as being rude or grumpy, just normal.

I know. There's some horrible insinuations here.

Seems like she's worked hard, done things out of the public eye and invested well /been lucky to have bought property before prices went crazy

She always comes across as down to earth and a grafter. Good on the woman.